Senior Trade & Policy Analyst (Federal)

Aalis Management Consulting; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalis Management Consulting seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support a U.S. Government international trade mission in Washington, DC. The role blends policy, economic, market, and supply-chain research with practical program support for senior stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has strong judgment, research discipline, and the ability to move across emerging trade priorities, including critical minerals, industrial policy, and economic security. A diverse disciplinary background is welcome.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in economics, international affairs, public policy, political science, business, finance, engineering, materials science, supply chain, or related field.
• Progressively responsible experience conducting policy, economic, market, industry, or trade-related research and analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex information from multiple sources into concise findings.

Responsibilities

• Conduct qualitative and quantitative research on international trade policy, industries, markets, strategic commodities, supply chains, and economic developments.
• Analyze trade, market, industry, company, pricing, production, capacity, investment, and supply-chain information and synthesize findings into concise written products and recommendations.
• Support analysis of strategic and emerging trade issues, including critical minerals, industrial policy, supply-chain resilience, economic security, competitiveness, tariffs, trade restrictions, and other priority sectors as assigned.
• Frame research questions, identify appropriate data and sources, assess information quality, develop findings, and communicate implications to senior Government stakeholders.
• Evaluate products, companies, industries, and markets using technical, quantitative, and qualitative criteria, including, where useful, import/export data, HTSUS information, specifications, company records, and other source materials.
• Use spreadsheets, databases, market-intelligence platforms, and other analytical tools to organize information, identify trends, compare scenarios, and support policy or program decisions.
• Manage and analyze large volumes of structured and unstructured information using Microsoft Excel and other approved digital tools.
• Monitor assigned trade, industry, commodity, supply-chain, or policy developments and identify issues that warrant deeper analysis or leadership attention.
• Integrate information from trade data, market studies, Government sources, company information, and other credible sources to identify trends, dependencies, vulnerabilities, market concentration, and policy implications.
• Prepare concise memoranda, briefings, tables, presentations, dashboards, market summaries, and recurring reports for senior Government stakeholders.
• Coordinate research and information across economists, analysts, attorneys, subject-matter experts, and other stakeholders, while also supporting recurring program and administrative requirements needed to keep the team effective.

Skills

Quantitative data analysis

Analytical writing

Independent research

Policy analysis

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in economics, international affairs, public policy, political science, business, finance, engineering, materials science, supply chain, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Word

Job description

Aalis Management Consulting seeks a Senior Business Analyst to support a U.S. Government international trade mission in Washington, DC. The role blends policy, economic, market, and supply-chain research with practical program support for senior stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has strong judgment, research discipline, and the ability to move across emerging trade priorities, including critical minerals, industrial policy, and economic security. A diverse disciplinary background is welcome.